POTTSTOWN — Twenty-six people were forced from their homes after a fire at the Yorkshire Apartments left their building uninhabitable Saturday night.

Shortly after 7 p.m., the Pottstown Fire Department was dispatched to a fire at the apartments on the 500 block of North York Street.

Pottstown Fire Chief Richard Lengel said the fire was in the wall of a second floor apartment.

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“It was an electrical problem in the wall,” he said.

As a result, fire damaged one apartment and the vacant one next to it. Smoke damage spread through the rest of the building.

Roughly $50,000 of damage was done, Lengel said, rendering the building uninhabitable.

According to Dave Schrader, a spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania chaptr of the American Red Cross, 26 people were “displaced.”

All but four were able to shelter with family or friends Saturday night. The four that were unable to were provided lodging but since found someone to stay with.

The Red Cross provided snacks, water and the proper paperwork to those that were forced from their apartments, Schrader said.

In addition to the Pottstown Fire Department, Sanatoga, West End and Collegeville Fire Companies all responded to the scene of the fire. New Hanover, North Coventry and Ringing Hill Fire Companies provided coverage during the incident Saturday night, Lengel said.